Brexit Debate: Izzard vs Hannan

Featuring Eddie Izzard on his Stand Up for Europe campaign, and Daniel Hannan MEP.

[@orangeedo]

Vote Leave. Izzard is championing democracy, while arguing to dilute it... fool.

[@juliastain1677]

Also to drum up some popularity he is lacking. He now will be welcome to BBC , biased pro-eu channel.

[@dotsthots]

He was too! And what an awful performance.

[@fatrips6413]

Riding the Jenner train

[@noeuro]

The irony is that the EU is essentially anti-democratic. But Izzard either can't see this or refuses to.

[@orangeedo]

+John Daniel he used to campaign for us to join the Euro... he's as mad as he looks.

[@rspratt]

Eddie spends the first few minutes waffling about how people fought and died to win the vote and democracy but then tries to convince us to vote for the EU which is slowly strangling the whole concept of democracy

[@stash.]

Then goes to his internet midway for answers, WTF! (Ͼ˳Ͽ)--!!!

[@noeuro]

Sadly the irony is lost on him and naive remainians.

[@Stromaflomblax]

He's a bit of an idealistic div who closes his eyes to all that is wrong with the EU and refuses to acknowledge it in pursuit of his unobtainable dream. Thought he came across as a completely ill-informed imbecile and made himself look a cnut. Hannan, by contrast, was very eloquent and made the case for Leave very effectively

[@shhwinner6663]

the remain do not know about the eu power structure the eu commissioners are not elected but have the power to make laws

[@shhwinner6663]

Pat Aherne THEY ARE ELECTED TO PROPOSE LAWS NO ONE ELECTED THE EU COMMISSIONERS.

[@CraftyApe]

Why the hell is this inspiring, eloquent, intelligent and wise person debating with a ponce in a pink beret?

[@ollie1984a]

You just cant take a man in a pink beret seriously

[@9KarlMax]

+ollie1984a ...and don't forget that ghastly lipsticks.....🙄

[@timbotx1]

well said sir.

[@herringfly]

I don't know, but I am so glad he is. I can't decide which is better for Brexit, Eddie Izzard or multi-millionaire Bob Geldof firing abuse at hard working fishermen and their supporters from his champagne luvvie-yacht.

[@malsignitnuh9472]

I agree, all these millionaires bang on about inequality and giving the world a fair chance, but then they get into their chauffeur driven cars and driven back to their mansions. When it's because the minority like these people contain the majority of the worlds wealth. They should share it equally between all of us and then we'd have equality, and people wouldn't feel so angry about immigration or the EU etc.

[@roylangley76]

I was an innie' till watching & listening very carefully to lovely Eddie who then converted me into an outtie'.

[@chatteyj]

Thank goodness for that

[@blazednlovinit]

Welcome aboard fellow Briton, seriously though did Daniel Hannon not contribute there? Dan is one of the most eloquent speakers I've ever had the pleasure to listen to :)

[@000phill000]

I really did think Eddie was going to stand up and say, "You know what, after listening to Daniel I've changed my position" I can't see how anyone could listen to those two opening speeches and side with Eddie's position.

[@NSResponder]

Eddie's position is emotional, so it is impervious to reason. Quite sad, really. -jcr

[@annaquangel1524]

he keeps showing off about his bi-lingual gigs - he's a luvvie

[@madmax9842]

Oh Eddie! Please do more debates! he obviously didn't quite realise who Dan Hannan is. He's only one of the biggest heavyweights of the Eurosceptic movement. And one of the greatest speakers of our time.

[@harryflashman3141]

+annagrace they really need to get him in at a by-election. he really is a big gun for the Tories

[@QPRTokyo]

Watching this 2021 and enjoying it tremendously 🇬🇧😷🦠😂

[@siypic]

meetoo.....

[@grapesaresour3547]

Ditto! pure bliss.

[@jackievale2370]

Me too. And they say comedy is dead lol

[@WitsEnds]

Eddie Izzard's introduction was the most incoherent rambling mess I've ever heard in any debate I've ever watched.

[@mattmatt7305]

Great, amazing comedian doing that obtuse, rambling style. In a debate... not so much.

[@WHEATLEY007]

Yup.

[@ruidean72]

Eddie Izzard was the real reason I voted for Brexit

[@matthewfoley3929]

@@paigewatsonx1512 guessing your not a man, so...

[@steveyogilmore5314]

Same.

[@wtmvm]

@@matthewfoley3929 Matt you lost, get over it!

[@matthewfoley3929]

@@wtmvm yep. That's the height of political debate right there. Shame noone said the same in 1978. This isn't a game to win or loose. It's real life. Its people jobs and opportunities. If you think this is a game, you need to grow up and start thinking about people other than yourself. We cannot run society where nearly 50% of the population is utterly ignored, which they have been by the Tories since 2016. That isn't democracy.

[@matthewfoley3929]

@@adamford7808 I'm presuming that trying to teach you any lesson would be extremely tedious. But always enjoy a pedant who likes to pit himself against predictive text 👍. How are the lorry parks coming along?

[@dotsthots]

Intellectually speaking, it's like watching a lion maul a baby gazelle. Daniel Hannan should be the main voice of the leave campaign, he's more articulate the others and he better knows how to catch and dissect the NLP-type arguments of the remain.

[@DavidMorganDemos]

Yes..ive always thought he should be more prominent.

[@TONYUK1966]

Sorry Eddie but you just repeated what you read in the papers..

[@kirankandola4455]

Anyone else watching this in 2021 like "damn, Dan Hannan nailed it"

[@spencerd9325]

It must be so embarrassing for the people that argued remain lol

[@Thedownliner2015]

Seems fitting that a comedian is campaigning to Remain :P

[@tombo1984]

A left wing comedian never the less. Not like there is anything else.

[@chatteyj]

Good point, right wing comedians have been silenced by Political correctness rightly or wrongly.

[@Thedownliner2015]

Who is going to trust a guy who can't even make his mind up whether hes a man or a woman :P

[@macaelmo1]

Who said he was a comedian?

[@Thedownliner2015]

Ok what he would consider to be comedy is what he believes himself to be :P

[@fodsaks]

Izzard: Feelings Hannan: Facts

[@moodobusiness]

Facts don’t care about your feelings

[@mimicmimic5931]

Nail on the head.Well said.

[@Chidds]

If Izzard feels so passionately about giving to the poor, then perhaps he would like lead the way and bankrupt himself in the process. These virtue signaling humanitarian celebrates are fucking priceless.

[@Greylin91]

Do love watching Hannan in full flow. It's like heart, brain and body is in full sync just acting in utter conviction in their thoughts. Can't doubt his sincerity.

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm420]

Hadn't heard of Daniel Hannan before seeing this. I'll be keeping an eye out for him in future. I like him.

[@wmurray689]

Although we have now left, his book Why Vote to Leave is truly terrific.

[@juliastain1677]

Izzard is probably regretting now taking part inthe debate ! He does even understand how offensive Obama's intervention was to our pride.

[@colinthomson5358]

+annagrace Obama hates the UK. How any Brit can think otherwise is beyond me. Bill whittle has a good 10 minute video explaining all the slights he has handed to us over the years. One example - the Prime Minister was trying to get to talk to Obama, and was told "Britain shouldn't expect special treatment. You are just another country, like any other" So much for being close allies!

[@colinthomson5358]

+annagrace - Also I think Obama blames himself for the rise of Trump. He is triggered at the thought of the Donald getting into the White House. Go Trump! Sucks to be you, Barry.

[@RiotHouseLP]

Obama is a moron, fortunately he is gone in less than a year, and good riddance.

[@juliastain1677]

Colin Thomson Obama is full of himself and thinks he is the greatest :-) but on that day for me he spoke as a thug. I never liked him and finally I know why :-)

[@zufgh]

Could you link to the video please? I'm already more than aware that Obama hates Britain, but I'd really quite like to see the full scale of his hate

[@000phill000]

1:05:12 Long pause from Eddie, his 'arguments' are spent, so he returns to 'humanity' as if by leaving the EU (Not Europe!!) we would become inhumane warmongers. No Eddie, we would not.

[@alphalobster8021]

It seems to me that the remain arguments are the most vague and emotional.

[@CrankCase08]

When he's not talking about "Humanity" he indulges in his favourite practice, which is talking about himself. Izzard can only argue in terms of some naive starry-eyed notion of 'togetherness', whereas Daniel Hannan uses pertinent facts.

[@tibbsazoid]

All of the "stay" arguments are so weak and shallow. The best argument they have is economic, but all those estimates are based on the idea that nothing else good will ever happen with the rest of the world. I gather he's talking to a young audience, but to use phone roaming charges as a reason to vote stay is hugely patronising.

[@DesecrationUK]

You could be forgiven for thinking Izzard was doing a tribute act in memory of Rik Mayall, was half expecting him to shout "fascist!" at Dan.

[@expatmike10]

He reminded me of the Young Ones !

[@malsignitnuh9472]

He can't shout Facist, because the Anti Facists are the new Facists.

[@Lumibear.]

For me, Victoria Wood, in character as that lady looking for her friend, Kimberly. Have you seen 'er? ;)

[@vandamme6379]

Viviaaaaaan!!!

[@p.g.u.d]

Setnakht two odd years later : I'm a staunch leave voter from the start. I actually appreciate Eddie's willingness to make his case. I don't agree with it. I believe his view of the eu as DH says is "idealised", at least to some extent. Bearing in mind that he's fundamentally an entertainer, and not . A debater . Politicians . An eu employee with a knowledge of how it works I think he actually expressed his position quite well. He doesn't persuade me. But i especially admire his stance that everybody who was entitled to should have taken the opportunity and registered. Some people of course chose not to vote because they were undecided, or for religious reasons. But Eddie and Daniel were a bit of a mismatch. Kudos to Eddie for trying.

[@wallrider73]

Izzard was appalling. He kept mentioning the CBI but I wonder if he knows how much funding they get from the EU. Such a confused bunch of arguments. The Leave campaign is putting forward much stronger arguments but then they have people like Daniel Hannan and Douglas Murray.

[@GreatBritishGamers]

Was a vote stay...after this debate a vote leave. The MEP hit the nail right on the head - the concept COULD work but in its current state it is too corrupt to achieve anything worthwhile

[@chatteyj]

I'm a leaver and can see the allure of united europe but a simple free trade area would suffice I think what the common market was originally and then we can also co-operate and work together on truly worthwhile european projects like the environment, Airbus and ESA.

[@Gruxxan]

despite being an experienced stand-up comedian, eddie izzard is a terrible public speaker.

[@ianarmstrong1636]

Comedian ? you must be joking

[@brianbozo2447]

Eddie should have left the cosmetic and comedic props behind just this once and focused upon creating a coherent narrative.

[@GluepfirSICH]

More like alleged comedian

[@Warriorking1963]

Not a single logical argument from Izzard. Twaddling on about humanity and telling jokes on the beaches of France, what a load of bullshit.

[@alansmith5873]

*IZZARD IS LOOKING AT HANNAN, AS THOUGH IT THE FIRST TIME, THAT HE HAS HEARD ANYONE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS...SO TRUTHFULLY !!!*

[@tombo1984]

Probably because when he comes up against anybody else in debate he spends his entire time shouting over them, as we saw from Question Time the other day with Nigel Farage, where one of the members of the audience told him to shut up.

[@stevehunter6059]

If I had seen this before the Referendum, I'm sure I would have been swayed by Izzards insightful logic. It makes so much sense: 'I had a nice holiday with some Germans, let's make a European super state'

[@Jade-jg8hc]

Love ya Eddie, but out of your depth against a master of the E.U debate. I'm not against Europe just the E.U political union. The EU is failing politically and economically. Time to leave. The party is over. Time we took responsibility for our future not let someone else decide it for you.

[@blazednlovinit]

It's part of the EU's newspeak to equate Europe with the EU, like if you hate the EU then you must hate Europe and Europeans. I love Europe, and that's why I hate the EU, it's destroying us all, in the democratic sense, in the economic sense and in the sense of our cultures and identities.

[@lewis72]

@@blazednlovinit I think you're very right. People often use "EU" and "Europe" interchangeable and then argue some ridiculous scenario that we won't be able to holiday in Spain or go Skiing in Austria.

[@davidallen4712]

' We are net contributors , but we get out more than we put in'.Izzard's debating skills in a nutshell.

[@thepaperclipguy]

I adore Eddie, and I hate myself for siding with a Tory so i'll have to go punch a wall in a minute, but Daniel is far too educated on this subject and Eddie is far too uneducated. It seems to me that those who don't know much about the issue want to stick with the status quo, but those who know the facts want to leave. I'd rather go with the facts, although I do strangely admire Eddie's emotive stance, he just speaks rather utopian rather than factual.

[@popscratchie3985]

It's a sad state when Eddie izzard has the cheek to call trump bonkers

[@matthewfoley3929]

Trump just pardoned 4 murderers.

[@matthewfoley3929]

@Charlie Francis fucking hell dude. Put your insecurities back in the closet.

[@matthewfoley3929]

@Charlie Francis you think that Eddie Izzard is confused about what males and females are bioligically? You think he looks at his penis and thinks it's a vagina? Forgive me, didn't realise this insight was based on your expertise in neuroscience (tbh I'm guessing you are not). Just weird that you would bring up a comment about a dude's sexuality, in reference to a political debate. Makes you sound like an extremely closeted self hating transexual. It's OK dude. No one gives a shit these days, about how others choose to live....well maybe a few sad people. It's amazing that people still fail to understand that biological sex and sociallly constructed gender are two seperate discussions.

[@matthewfoley3929]

@Charlie Francis "biological reality" 😂😂

[@vanmanwales1590]

@@matthewfoley3929 Says you so it must be true.

[@tcpgblizzard]

Vote Leave! In order to save our country we must vote to leave. Oh, and Hannan smashed this debate, as he always does.

[@Eyeopeness]

Dan Hannan is awesome.

[@tn7mu336]

Hannan needs to be deployed more. He's amazing

[@KilgoreTrout11235]

He is a fucking moron. He is like a technical manager that has no fuckign technical talent

[@matthewfoley3929]

He is debating a comedian. He would not be allowed to debate anyone with any expertise on the subject.

[@SEGoddard]

@@matthewfoley3929 You obviously haven't seen the debate at the Oxford Union.

[@paulmarsh6931]

Thanks for uploading. I never thought I'd say this guys but there does seem to be some sense in voting out.

[@rspratt]

Please vote Out.

[@TheFatAmericans1]

For the love of god vote leave, this is our only chance.

[@malsignitnuh9472]

Welcome aboard

[@clara17uk]

Hannan was brilliant when he said give me my p45,and the double ammount of wages he gets paid,so hes an honest politician who is risking 400 k a year to leave respect

[@ghostbehindasolidshock1955]

If Eddie Izzard was a member of the Raving Loony Party, then maybe I would take him seriously. :P

[@NSResponder]

I'm a huge fan of Eddie as a comedian, but he's on the wrong side on this issue. I wish all the people of the UK (and the rest of Europe) the best of luck in extricating themselves from the clutches of the 4th Reich. -jcr

[@josephkolodziejski6882]

Complained about "inefficiencies and problems" in it and said he "wouldn't wish it on anyone" when the problems were caused by both governments as opposed to the nature of national healthcare. "Personally I am for private healthcare." Try saying that when life puts you in the dumps or when you become disabled. Edit: He got criticised by Dave Cam, that's how badly he was received. Man is a traitor to the British people

[@josephkolodziejski6882]

Are you British? How much money do you have?

[@NSResponder]

***** Hannan told the truth about the NHS, and you bloody well know it. -jcr

[@josephkolodziejski6882]

So you would rather spend your life savings or remortgage your houses to pay for your cancer treatments or heart bypass surgeries? Fucking temporarily embarrassed millionaires, that's what. Or just bonehead Americans. I don't understand. Do you all just hope not to get sick?

[@chatteyj]

Sorry what exactly did he say about the NHS, did he say we need to abolish it or improve it?

[@chatteyj]

It gives me hope that every single comment I've read in the comments section has ridiculed Izzard and seen through his arguments and this is before I've watched the video.

[@alfiejackalfiejack5040]

hannan should be on at least one live TV debate,the bloke is brilliant

[@tinyshedcrafts3974]

"Zero roaming charges" !!! That's totally convinced the Reading University Students Union to vote to remain. I mean.. come on... cheap flights and no roaming charges, well worth giving away your country's democracy.......

[@tomdoran3032]

They may take our sovereignty and national pride, but they'll never take... our roaming charges!!!!!!!1one!!

[@Jammil2477]

I've never seen such a mismatch..Daniel Hannan well versed, eloquent, concise in his delivery and full of vigor! Eddie Izzard, flamboyant but full of fantasy and well..not great. Hannah's argument, well put. I wish he could be on a TV debate with that delivery.

[@PlebisciteChannel]

As always, well done Dan!

[@arminius6506]

Thanks Izzard for convincing me that Brexit was a better option.

[@RichardLea1979]

Am 10 mins in and Izzard is already wrong on 2 points, low cost flights came from fuel prices dropping, mobile phone roaming was a WTO initiative

[@stefansmith]

Better maternity and paternity rights than the EU average maybe (there is no "EU standard" on this), but still utterly shit compared to the majority of northern European countries.

[@jimo9555]

i love how the low cost flights deals always come out to entice the "youth" remain voters...but not a word about the environmental impact from carbon emissons

[@kevinbrown4073]

@@jimo9555 writing three years later and guess what

[@ru55ells]

@@kevinbrown4073 okay I'll play... What?

[@kevinbrown4073]

@@ru55ells just that instead of remoaning on about more expensive flights now the complaint is how flying contributed to climate change

[@twinky666666]

Why on earth would you take seriously the opinion of a man wearing lipstick,high heels. and a pink beret . Oh and hes a comedian too as clearly he know nothing about what hes waffling on about .

[@AndyP959]

Apparently Izzard is a career comedian. I never laughed at him until I saw this car crash

[@johnwalsh3635]

Izzard seems to think that the UK is leaving Europe. Very odd.

[@jameslincs]

he doesn't understand that the EU is not Europe. (Or he is trying to deceive people)

[@happee_meal8302]

We got the two new aircraft carriers, gonna tow us to Newfoundland

[@johnwilliamlangston9762]

Vote out & vote to have Eddie Izzard gagged & sectioned

[@crocusinmaymay2835]

excruciatingly bad for Izzard... Who's idea was it to put him up here?

[@NPC-st7zv]

He ticks a lot of diversity boxes.

[@AICabal]

Eddie Izzard, Geldof are the types of people who want to remain in the EU. Work it out.

[@Baelzar]

Izzard is a superb stand up comedian and an excellent person. However, he is completely out manned and out gunned here. Hannan is an excellent spokesman for Brexit; he is an MEP to the EU - he knows exactly what they're dealing with. He's also incredibly articulate, educated about the subject and organized. Whoever thought it was a good idea to put them on stage together is re-thinking that now.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

He who laughs last laughs longest. We're out! Doesn't it feel good? That was a rhetorical question. It feels great. Thanks to people like the chap with the pink beret and high heels we got over the line in the end. Thanks Izzard.

[@simonpitt8145]

He who laughs last doesn't understand the joke Colin. And it's laughs loudest, not longest.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

Sticks and stones may bruise my bones but names will never harm me.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

@@simonpitt8145 And its longest or best. Check the Cambridge dictionary. Like all you know all remoaners you know a bit too little.

[@simonpitt8145]

@@colinpumpernickel2605 Oh dear! You're not very good at this are you? 1) It's break my bones not bruise my bones. 2) Where did I actually say that I was a remainer?

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

@@simonpitt8145 Oh you dullard. That was a joke.

[@dannffc]

Love Europe - Leave EU

[@thibaults8065]

What on earth did Eddie izzard smoke before his opening statement

[@NPC-st7zv]

Sausage

[@gw7624]

43:01 Pure narcissism. His equating the Leave campaign with Nazism garnering applause really is an indictment of the times where absurd notions based on pure ignorance are passed as fact.

[@mhl8396]

I'd like to see more Dan Hannan in the main Leave campaign

[@maccagrabme]

I can't believe he mentioned Roaming charges as a good reason to remain!!! Live to 100, yeh right, not in the EU. How can any of us make the EU better when our prime minister couldn't even secure a deal set in law?

[@templetonpeck393]

I just re-watched this after the 31st Dec 2020. It makes me sad that Eddie has brought into an ideological standpoint hook line and sinker. His arguments were incoherent, and very surface level. If we bankrupt ourselves, and go down in flames like the rest of the EU, who can we help? Nobody. If you're too busy fighting fires at home, you aren't going to have time to help anyone, or have the money for it. The more prosperous we are, the better it is for the country and in turn the world. We don't have to balance the opinions of 27 countries just to make global change. We can do it ourselves, however we want, or not at all. Whatever we choose.

[@markcollins007]

Izzard, no real argument, no preparation, it is bizarre that the polls are still 50:50

[@mrward6510]

I have a feeling its being screwed abit.

[@michaelp1999]

I think Eddie may be going the same way as Russell Brand; right up his own arse. He is embarrassingly out of his depth here.

[@michaelp1999]

What is it about these comedians that takes them so far to the left. Izzard sees so clearly how stupid religion is but he can't see how stupid his arguments about politics are. How dumb are these people arguing that we should stay in because we have to help poorer nations? So only when they are as rich as us or us as poor as them can we all be happy? Stupidity.

[@hveshjd]

Big lump sums of money

[@cambridge123456789]

You saw how the students gave a Pavlovian clap whenever Eddie said something sanctimonious. There's money, fame and glamour in hyper emotive nonsense - not so much in measured reason.

[@SchubertDipDab]

Hannan for PM if we leave the EU!

[@alansmith5873]

*ALL IZZARD IS DOING WHEN HE ANSWERS QUESTIONS ....IS TO QUOTE SOUNDBITES FROM SOMEONE ELSE !!!.....WHAT A WASTE OF SPACE HE IS !!!! *

[@valkyriesardo278]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Thanks anyway, Eddie, for your good intentions. He went on a cruise vacation and was amazed at how well the passengers got along. This became his vision of how the world should be. The Titanic was a cruise ship, Eddie. One must be mindful of those at the helm.

[@harryflashman3141]

lol

[@misterm1336]

Never mind about the why Daniel is debating with Izzard, the point is, IN or OUT, I do not have any hesitation or doubt. Out is the only way to save UK. Out of the dictatorship of UK. Out of the failing EU. Remember, it's the bankers that want in, people want out, and yes, in EU too. So, do your country a huge favor, VOTE OUT.

[@Peteristrate]

All questions go to Daniel, the only reasonable man in that room. That pink hatted clown is completely ignored, lol.

[@jac627]

I felt embarrassed for izzard and the remain camp.

[@wmurray689]

Hannan's book 'Why Vote to Leave' is truly terrific.

[@airbedane]

Hannan, a natural.

[@NSResponder]

"I apologize if I care about humanity"? Really Eddie? Did you think that deflection and sarcasm is an adequate substitute for making a cogent point? -jcr

[@shikenkanbaby]

Eddie is literally parroting scare tactics from Cameron and Osborne, weird decade this is turning out to be.

[@nuttall47]

Has Eddie Izzard actually got anything to say apart from rambling on about his holidays. Wtf zzzzzzzzzz

[@whistlingwhippet]

I admire Eddie as a comedian and as a Human being but frankly i think he should leave politics alone IMHO. He comes across as very naive and whose idea was it to him on stage in a public debate with Daniel Hannan as protagonist ? That's the debating equivalent of putting Mike Tyson in the ring with Julian clary.

[@kidda74]

Don't give up your day job Eddie ffs!

[@paulkennelly4376]

izzard, everything that's wrong in Britain today

[@simonelliott7570]

Izzard was so out of his depth I was embarrassed for him.

[@stueyh1118]

Wow! Izzard never stood a chance against Dan Hannan!

[@johnpaulcarter7]

I think this debate, and maybe similar, pushed me over to the Brexit side. I keep thinking I’ve only myself to blame for impeding a move to France, but Mister Izzard and others must shoulder some of it, alas.

[@thegreenbikerider6189]

What a load of rambling nonsense from Izzard. A poor argument put forward by him.

[@dizzy67]

20:20 Izzard squirming in his seat as he realises he came to a gun fight with a butter knife HA HA HA!

[@billbailey7744]

What with this and 'Question Time' recently. Brexiters must love Eddie Izzard. He's doing more for the leave campaign than anybody!

[@wayneronnie7402]

"England has a population of 80 million" ROFL

[@theuntruescotsman5214]

Of course, Wayne you, think it is about 500?

[@wayneronnie7402]

the name of our country and sovereign state is the United Kingdom..

[@Warriorking1963]

Well... not yet, but unless we get it it won't be too long!

[@garyhumble7161]

Eddie Izzard brought a knife to fight a tank. He was intellectually way out of his depth. I've seen Hannan debate many times and he never loses. Izzard should have done at least a little bit of research.

[@MikeRees]

Wow, a university debate without shouting and spitting! Congratulations on pulling it off, Uni of Reading

[@hughjarce9742]

Izzard 'me me me' Daniel 'we we we'.

[@yeovil50]

OMG...I actually felt embarrassed for Izzard here! Some of it I had to move on quickly , it was like David Brent doing a speech . AS for the audience , typical students with no experience and think they know it all.

[@BlueOstinato]

Best live comedy act Izzard has done.

[@RedLionGenetics]

Izzard didnt have an argument

[@scottkilner8362]

Yes, Eddie. We fought for our freedom only to be ruled by proxy from the very country we were fighting!

[@richardamos3173]

After reading Hannan's piece in the Telegraph, I looked this up. Here we see a professional with facts and articulate reason vs an ignorant amateur with no arguments, only random emotions.

[@sian2337]

I absolutely love listening to Daniel Hannah

[@battleoftour732ad9]

Eddie summed up the progressive left for me: virtue signalling over substance. And what exactly is his end game? A one world government? I can't imagine anything more divorced from democracy than that. (bit of strawman here but it is the logical conclusion to his argument I think)

[@mmmoroi]

Izzard's contribution to Brexit must be highly appreciated

[@hughoxford8845]

Tragically I feel that Daniel Hannan would do a better job of a comedy act in drag than Eddie Izzard does at political debate.

[@allt0gether]

Who ever asked Eddie Izard to take part in this?. He is a disaster

[@omniche1]

Eddie you were a great comedian now you're just a joke. You are not equipped for political debate, don't give up the day job.

[@omniche1]

We have been trying as a member state to reform the EU for 40 years without success, what makes Eddie Izzard think that voting remain, to "fight to make it work" is going to be any less futile ? The EU is in decline the Eurozone has failed dismally, Greece is on its knees, more to go the same way. Sweden is slowly but surely being destroyed by importation of a crime wave. Masses of people are being forced to leave their own home countries to fit a hidden agenda. Everyone, except the politicians orchestrating this man made crisis, suffers the consequences not just the displaced refugees. Vote democracy, vote leave.

[@Dogpitt]

Some of the questions from both under and post grads are painful to listen too and show incredible naivety, ignorance and a lack of confidence in our country, in terms of our ability to stand tall and engage with the world in our own right.

[@ralphcurtis6021]

Yep....that's what happens with 40 years of brainwashing using the Frankfurt School Techniques. There's also around 40,000 Common Purpose trained people in all UK institutions (Universities,Local Government,Police,NHS, Schools etc.) to "...lead us into the Post Democratic Era"....frightening - but the brainwashing works, and they start with the kids.....!!!

[@Peteristrate]

Dude, most of these students have foreign accents, that's why they're not british patriots, lol. Take that from an european immigrant thst i am as well, but my ears got hurt hearing these idiot students. Thumbs up for Daniel Hannah.

[@glyntutt1586]

Sitting here in the New Year of 2021 and having voted for Brexit in 2016, I can only observe from this debate 2 key things; 1) I could use the philosophy and approach of Eddie Izzard equally to support why the U.K. could promote and contribute to hope, peace and humanity outside the EU .... I see little of his arguments that support why the EU is the only manner to achieve his goals of humanity. 2) The worry contained within Project Fear has not come to bear in reality.... once again it is the fear of the unknown in a change that drove the Remain campaign as opposed to the optimism and hope of the Leave Campaign.

[@wingnut2246]

Eddie Izzard should be awarded for finding the most irrelevant arguments ever made in support of Remain. He brought a spoon to a knife fight.